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St. Kilian Council, #2204 Knights of Columbus

The Mariner

Council Officers

Chaplain Rev. Augustine Fernando

516-249-0127

Associate Chaplain

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Grand Knight Nick Rutigliano

516-971-1757

Deputy Grand Knight John C Spatola

Chancellor SK Mike Napolitano

Financial Secretary SK James Nolan

516-249-4612

Recorder

James P Urbanowski

Warden Jerry G Kennedy

Treasurer John M Spatola

Lecturer Pat Burns

Advocate SK Terence Dowd

Outside Guards Robert Carlucci

Inside Guard SK Phil Montori

Trustees Sal Ciuffo

SK Robert Langis

SK Joseph Tumminello

Columbiette President Jean Clayton

Corporation President

SK Terence Dowd

516-293-1725

District Deputy Paul Diorio

Volume #61 Issue #1 Editor: Paul J. Montenero August 2017

Web Address : www.kofc2204.org “IN SOLIDARITY Email: info@kofc2204.org

Phone # 631-755-2204 WITH OUR PRIESTS” Fax # 631-755-4021

Grand Knight’s Message Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

It gives me joy in my heart to

help in serving our

community through the

Knights of Columbus. My hat

goes off to our PGK Chris Hillier for his

past and continued support. I have a

positive feeling that in the up coming year

we can work together in growing this

council. Through acts of kindness,

forgiveness, and prayer we can together

accomplish great things.

Congratulations to our new officers and

members of St. Kilian Council

#2204 ! Our next meeting is on Tuesday

Aug. 1st. and Our annual Barbecue is on

Sunday Aug.13th. I am pleased to

announce that our own Brother Joe

Massaro ,PGK, FDD, will be performing

with his group The Long Island

Harmonizer's Chorus. (Barbershop

Quartet) They will perform at 2:45 Thank

You Joe! Please consider attending The

Annual Picnic in Amityville headed by

Henry Tomlinson, PGK, FDD, PFN. It will

be on Sept. 3rd. Music by Hart&Soul.

I will cut this short for we are in Summer

Mode, Let us Pray: Father we thank you

for all you have given us, keep us close to

you so that we can better make decisions

and be The Best Version of Ourselves ! we

ask this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Enjoy the rest of Summer !

Peace,

Nick Rutigliano

Grand Knight

St. Kilian Council # 2204

Chaplain’s Message

My dear Brother Knights and

Sisters in the Columbian Family,

God bless you all

Your Chaplain and Brother Knight

Fr. Augustine Fernando ( GUS)

Fr Gus Is Away On Vacation In India Pray For a Safe Trip For Him

Columbiette Chatter

Dear Sister Columbiettes,

Summer will soon be coming

to an end. I hope everyone is

enjoying their summer with

family and friends.

I would like to take this opportunity to

thank you all for the confidence you have

placed in me as your President. I am

looking forward to working with each of

you so we may reach our goals and help

our community. I am hoping to do more

fundraisers this Columbian year. I would

love to hear your ideas and suggestions of

how we may accomplish this.

The Officers for this Columbian Year

(2017-2018) are:

Jean Clayton President

Lorraine C Tempia Vice President

Louise V La Gatta Past President

Lorraine M Tempia Secretary

Victoria Randacciu Financial Secretary

Tina Lauro Treasurer

Kathy Schwantner Sentinel

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Editors Corner

The Mariner will be printed

once a month with one issue

for the months of July and Au-

gust, for a total of eleven (11)

issues by and for the Farming-

dale Council #2204, Knights

of Columbus. Meetings are

held on the 1st and 3rd Tues-

days of each month in the

Council Hall located at the

intersection of Morton Street

and Garity Place. The mailing

address is 1 Morton Street,

Farmingdale, NY 11735-

4340.

The deadline for material for

publication in the Mariner is

the Friday that follows the 3rd

Wednesday of the prior month.

PLEASE keep this deadline in

mind for articles you wish to

have publish in the Mariner.

Good of the Order

Brothers those in need will always be

with us. If you can remember to bring

some kind of dry or can goods, such as

tuna, vegetables, pasta cereal etc., to

each meeting, the Council will arrange

to get this food to the Parish Pantry.

We must always have new members

flowing into our ranks and it is your

privilege and your duty as a Knight of

Columbus to recruit and retain the

strength your needs to carry on the

great works so well begun. You know

as well as I do that there are many fine

unselfish Catholic gentleman who

would be Knights if we would but give

them a word of suggestion and lead

them towards our banner. I appeal to

each and everyone of you to select one

man that you deem worthy and lead

him to us. Brother’s please communi-

cate to the Council that a Brother or

family member is ill.

Sick and Distressed

Please keep the following Knights, Columbiettes, Family members and Friends in your prayers. Please also keep

in your prayers all others who have requested our prayers, but due to miscommunications or timing, are not listed.

God knows who they are and a simple thought to include them is sufficient.

Sick

Recently Deceased

Please inform the Grand Knight, Deputy Grand Knight, Financial Secretary of Any

Brother that is Sick or has Passed Away.

Father McGivney

Pray for US

RITA DELGUIDICE

BILL SISCO

IRIS SISCO

VINNY MASSIMO

ALLISON RACE

MARY ZAREMBA

EMMA ZILNICKI

HUGH GILMORE

BOB URBANOWSKI

RICHARD CARDINO

MARY LANGIS

JOSEPH METCALFE

ED FIORELLO

SK CHRIS HILLIER

JENNT REICHELT

THE GALLAGHER FAMILY

THE TAGLIENTI FAMILY

THE BRIGHTMAN FAMILY

JEAN SPATOLA

ANNE DUGGAN

PETER CHESHIRE

DOUGLAS MORGAN

ANN DUGGAN

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List of Upcoming Important Dates

AUGUST-2017 1—Biz Meeting, Council #2204, 7PM

Officers meeting directly FOLLOWING 3—KofC Annual Picnic, by St Martin Council (pg 13) 13—CORP BBQ at COUNCIL 1PM (10$ PER PERSON ) 18—Long Island Ducks, by OLF Council (pg 4)

SEPTEMBER-2017 1—Biz Meeting, Council #2204, 7PM

Officers meeting directly FOLLOWING 6—Yonkers Casino Bus Trip, by St Martins Council (p4) 8—Chaplin's Appreciation Night, At St Jude Council 15—Knight at the Races, (pg 11) 17—Baseball: Yankees vs Baltimore (pg 4)

You will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

All Officers meetings will be held at the Council Hall

Happy Birthday Brother’s

July

Timothy J Byrne

David A Christie

Joseph A Cioni

Darrell J Davis

Ronald De Luzio

Dennis T Draghi

Thomas J Duggan

William Erdman

Brian R Fitzpatrick

James F Fullam

Richard H Haemmerle

Daniel T Hillier

John R Jeavons

Jerry G Kennedy

Len M Keogh-Domingo

Robert W Langis

Joseph Monaco

Keith Musmacker

Joseph Paradiso

William D Parsons

John J Probeyahn

Jonathan D Randacciu

Francis J Romano

Martin A Ross

Daniel M Siefert

Michael R Siena

John J Studdert

John M Taglienti

Glen D Valcarcel

Stan Walczyk

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Corporate Corner

Brothers, We again are looking at troubled times for our

Hall and Corporation. Although our bookings are going

strong the manpower required is disappearing. The

indifference of the members of the Council is appalling

Without your help and assistance we will not be able to

continue to book parties. We have over two hundred

members in this Council yet only a handful keep the hall

running, paying the bills, manning the parties and all the

other little details required to run a business. Health

problems, age, and other factors have, like burnout, greatly

reduced our availability of manpower. People are

questioning "WHY" should they be carrying the burden

for the whole Council?

Suggestions have been made to have members ask

their significant others work along side of them at the

parties, Great Idea! We are also going to ask the

Columbiettes for their assistance and pair them up with a

member for a party.

A Committee is being formed to evaluate replacing

the rug and repairing the floor underneath, also how we

can fund the expected $15,000.00 PLUS cost!!

Anyone interested in participating or who has

any suggestions or ideas to resolve our problems please

contact anyone in the office.

Respectfully,

Terry Dowd

Corporation President

Raymond Berke

John M Caracciolo

Paul J Davoult

George J Dean

John J Dean

Joseph J Del Giudice

Robert J Gannon

Richard P Ginther

Edgar T Glascott

Eric Guzzo

Albert G Jewett

Emanuel G Marano

Donald P Molloy

Joseph Montanino

Russell E Nardi

James E Reilly

Thomas R Rocco

Daniel P Sullivan

Joseph Tumminello

Robert S Urbanowski

Anthony Zimmardi

From the Chairman’s Desk

The Charity drive this year was a great success, thanks to

all who participated. Thank you to the Council members

who raised $1,500 for the 9-1-1 vets and America's vet

dogs. All told, the Suffolk Chapter and it's Councils, raised

close to $20,000 for these two great charities. The drive

will start very shortly and once again we will support these

two charities, The Charity Ball will be held at the

Watermill Caterers of Smithtown, on Sunday, June 24th,

2018. More information will follow.

Please help support this worthy cause by selling or buying

chance books, signing sponsor cards, taking a Council

Journal Add, and donating money to Direct Donations.

Fraternally,

Greg Warnokowski

Chairman, Suffolk Chapter

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Pro-Life Chairman’s Report

JOIN US AT OUR WEEKLY

PRO-LIFE PRAYER VIGIL

Saturdays, 10:30AM-11:30AM

Pray For the Babies & an END to Abortion Outside of the Massapequa Planned Parenthood (35 Carmans Road –across from the Westfield Mall)

Paul J. Montenero, Pro-Life Chairman paulj@clearcutcomputing.com

516-523-0373

I would like to thank all of the above for volunteering

as an officer this year. I feel very blessed to have you

all by my side.

Our first meeting will be held Wednesday September 6,

2017 at 7 p.m. due to the Labor Day Holiday.

Please enjoy the rest of your summer.

Please keep our sick and distressed members in your

prayers and I am looking forward to seeing all of you at

our meeting on September 6th.

Jean Clayton

Columbiette President

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KNIGHTS AT THE BASEBALL PARK

Long Island Ducks—Aug 18th, 6:35PM

Tickets= $11 ea. Contact: Stephen M. Strigaro (631)225-0928

Yankees vs Baltimore—Sep 17th, 1PM Tickets= $32 ea. ($16 goes to Catholic Education)

Contact: Rocco D’Erasmo (97)695-6840

Check the website (www.kofc2204.org)

And Council Bulletin Board

For More Details

September 6, 2017

To: YONKERS CASINO

Coin package to be announced Raffles & 50/50 $35 per person (includes Drivers’ Gratuity)

The Buses leave at 9AM SHARP from the Village Parking Lot at Amityville Library

Contact: Henry C. Tomlinson (631) 789-0745 or Richard Grefig (516) 798-2676

Mail Checks to: 63 Salem Ave, W. Babylon, NY 11704-6308

Sponsored by St Martin’s Knights of Columbus

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2017/2018 ELECTION RESULTS

Congratulations and ThankYou to All Who Volunteered!

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Brother William L. Trudden, Director

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MARINER ADS

New ads and renewal of current ads are now being

taken. If you have a business or know some one who

would like to advertise in our monthly newsletter and

web site, please contact either the editor or the Grand

Knight for a contract.

Prices

Full page - $275

1/2 page - $175

1/4 page - $125

1/8 page - $75

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS

Suffolk Chapter Report

My Brothers and Sisters,

The Chapter is the fraternal arm of the" Knights of Columbus",

working for you and your families. The Chapter has many

programs such as the FAC (Fraternal Assistance) which is

available to all brother Knights and sister Columbiettes who find

themselves in financial difficulty. This is kept strictly confidential,

so any one in need should not be afraid to reach out for help.

There are scholarship programs for your children and

grandchildren, if they plan to attend a Catholic High School. We

offer track and free throw competitions for children up to fourteen

years of age, where they can win scholarship money for their

education. There are fraternal activities for all members and their

families. Why not take advantage of what we have to offer by

coming to our monthly meetings, on the second Friday of the

month, and represent your Council.

The Chapter also collects eyeglasses, can tabs and every

Christmas we collect teddy bears for needy children. THE

CHAPTER WORKS FOR YOU, WHY NOT SUPPORT IT!!!

REMEMBER," CHARITY IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT

PRODUCT".

Fraternally,

Greg Warnokowski, PGK,FDD,FCOB.PFN, FM

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FOR YOUR NEXT PARTY

1 Morton St, Farmingdale, NY 11735

CALL 631-755-2204

To Book your

Party

Or

Occasion

Outdoor space complete with picturesque gazebo.

Looking for a place to host a birthday party or a first Communion or just getting the

family together to have a good time? Our Farmingdale Catholic Center hall is

available for rentals all year round. With a cozy atmosphere, stylish decor, seating for

120, and convenient location just off Route 109, we have everything your party needs.

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Council #2204

1 Morton Street

Farmingdale, NY 11735-4340

Dated Material

Please Do Not

Delay

A Catholic

Fraternal, Family

Service Organization

Remember Brothers that our beautiful building at 1 Morton Street can be

rented inside and outside for many various affairs. If you or any of your friends

need a place for your affair with up to 130 people, we can possibly

accommodate you.

Call our reservations people at 631-755-2204.

One Nation

“Under God”